Vocabulary

• in session: Actively meeting or conducting business.
• out and about: Having returned to your usual activities after an illness.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• deal with
• stark contrast: A sharp, clear, and obvious difference between two things.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• rule in: To make an official decision in favor of someone in a legal case.
• come full circle: To return to the original state or situation.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• public: Owned by the government
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• shut: To stop being open for business
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• lawsuit: A proceeding in law courts to get a legal decision
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• aquarium: Building or tank for keeping fish and water plants
• fluke: Lucky shot or event that is purely accidental
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• inconclusive: Not finally proving; not completely ending doubt
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• datum: Item of factual information
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• sear: To use high heat to quickly burn the surface of
• corona: Outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
• online: Connected to the internet
• tic: Involuntary twitching especially in the face
• frontline: Front, especially one between military positions
• cove: Small, sheltered inlet or bay
• undergone: To experience or endure something (bad)
• symptomatic: Characteristic or indicative of a disease